Zimbra is open source server and client software for messaging and collaboration - email, group calendaring, contacts, and web document management and authoring. The Zimbra server is available for Linux, Mac OS X, appliances, and virtualization platforms. The Zimbra Web 2.0 Ajax client runs on Firefox, Safari, and IE, and features easy integration / mash-ups of web portals, business applications, and VoIP using web services.

Ajax based web collaboration is at the heart of ZCS 5.0. The powerful web client integrates email, contacts, shared calendar, VoIP, and online document authoring into a rich browser-based interface. Also, their unique open source Zimlet technology makes it easy for you to include custom ‘mash-ups’ in the ZCS web client.

ZCS 5.0 also includes an elegant Ajax based Admin Interface plus full scripting tools to manage the ZCS server. Full support is provided for standards-based APIs (IMAP / POP / iCal / CalDAV) as well as MAPI and iSync, which enable seamless compatibility with other clients like Microsoft Outlook, Apple desktop suite, and Mozilla Thunderbird.

Zimbra also offers Zimbra Mobile, which provides over-the-air “push” synchronization to smartphones as well as a Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

The Zimbra solution also has a complete high security package including built-in anti-spam and anti-virus scanning.

Now Zimbra also features Archiving and Discovery, an optional component to save and search email for various compliance issues.

webERP is a complete web based accounting/ERP system that requires only a web-browser and pdf reader to use. It has a wide range of features suitable for many businesses particularly distributed businesses in wholesale and distribution. It is developed as an open-source application and is available as a free download to use. The feature set is continually expanding as new businesses and developers adopt it. There have been in excess of 80,000 downloads to date.

The growth of webERP adoption has been entirely through word of mouth testimony - there has never been a marketing or advertising push to “sell” webERP. Of course there are no funds nor commercial incentive to do so for free software. Instead this growth is built on reputation and solid practical functionality that works as tried and tested by an increasing number of businesses.

When it comes to team collaboration, everyone wants the latest Web 2.0 technology—wikis, blogs, file sharing, secure threaded discussions , and the list goes on. And every software vendor swears they have ‘The Best’ of each tool. Here’s the point: You need all this groupware in one integrated environment— along with the real-time presence —to achieve true enterprise collaboration and transform collaborative social networking into a competitive advantage. That’s what ICEcore calls Cool Collaboration.

ICEcore says it all. A single Integrated Collaboration Environment that establishes a collaborative, group workspace of people, teams, functions, tasks, and content all working together to drive effective teamwork to the next level. And best of all, it comes from a proven software provider with a decade of experience delivering successful team collaboration and real-time communication solutions to leading organizations. Now, take advantage of this expertise in open source collaboration.